Debenture committee (Tuesday):Time to add some more debt to the pile, but council has been expecting it. Some good news, though: The treasury department says the total financing cost for $300 million in loans for the massive capital rehabilitation program (Ottawa on the Move) will actually be less than expected. The Federation of Canadian Municipalities also has a $3.6-million loan waiting to give the city for the Centrepointe Theatre expansion.

Council (Wednesday): It looks to be a short meeting since there haven’t been many committee meetings this month. Perhaps the most interesting agendum is a planning committee decision to deny a rezoning at 936 Woodroffe Ave., which is against the recommendation of staff. It was a narrow vote at committee and planning chairman Peter Hume, who was on the losing side of the vote, might have a few words.

Joint governance committee (Thursday): The finance and economic development committee and governance renewal subcommittee are sitting together to consider a recommendation to reduce the number of advisory committees. They will send a recommendation to council for the Sept. 12 meeting. The report has been available for several weeks, so expect to see a good number of advisory committee supporters appear as delegates.